Improvement in horse-detachers



FIJ. LEIDORP.-

Horse-Detacher.

No. 199,298. Patented Jan. 15,1878. 7

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FRIEDRICH J. LEIDOBF,.OF CHICAGO, OHIO.

lMPRO VEMENT lNHORSE-DETACHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,298, dated January15, 1878; application filed I October-18, 1877.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F. J. LEIDORF, of Chicago, in the county of Huronand State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mode ofAttaching Wagon-Tongues to Wagons, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingapart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of thewagon tongue and hounds. Fig. 2 is a side view. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 aredetached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The nature of this invention relates to a wagon-tongue; and the objectof the same is to so attach the tongue to the hounds of the wagon thatit can be immediately detached therefrom by persons in the wagon bypulling a cord attached to a trip or lever arranged in connection with adevice wherebythe tongue is secured in the hounds.

The following is a more full and complete description of the invention:

, In the drawings, A and B represent the hounds of a wagon, which are ormay be the same as those in ordinary use. In the hounds is fitted tongueor pole O, which is secured therein by the following-described device:In the end of the tongue held in the hounds is out a recess or chamber,D, Figs. 4 and 5, in the bottom of which, secured by the end a, is aspring, D. The opposite end of the spring terminates in a block, E,forming a shoulder to the spring. To said block is pivoted a bifurcatedlever, F, at the point 1). Above the spring referred to is fitted in therecess a slide consisting of the stem G and a head, H, Fig. 3. The stemof the slide passes through the bifurcation of the lever, as seen inFig. 3, and to the end thereof is attached a head, I, from the upperside of which projects a standard, a, the purpose of which willpresently be shown.

In the head H referred to is pivoted a pair of arms, d and e, Fig. 3,which may be closed up within the head, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, sothat the arms will not project beyond the sides of the head, but beflush therewith.

Over the recess and slide is secured a plate,

K. An elongated opening is made therein for the projections of thebifurcated lever F and the standard 0, as seen in Fig. 2.

Both sides of the tongue, between the hounds, are covered by a metalplate, through which the arms project, as seen in Fig. 3, and by saidarms the tongue is secured in the hounds. To thisend they are withdrawninto the head by lifting upward the lever F and pushing the lever orstandard 0, which will draw the arms in, so that the end of the tonguecan be pushed in between the hounds until the nib f, Fig. 2, comes tothe band L, which prevents it from going farther. At this point the armsare again sprung out by pushing back the standard 0, thereby pushing outthe arms into the sides of the hounds, holes being made therein fortheir admission, as indicated by the dotted lines i in Fig. 1. By meansof said arms the tongue is not only secured in the hounds, but the wagonis also drawn thereby. For this purpose the double-tree is placed on thestandard c, which serves as the double-tree bolt ordinarily used forthis purpose.

As aforesaid, the purpose of attaching the tongue or pole to awa'gon, asabove described, is to admit of its being immediately detached therefromin the event the team should be running away. To this end, a cord ismade fast to the upper end of the lever F, which is then carried to andattached to the wagon within reach of the driver. The position of thelever and that of the standard 0 when the tongue is attached to thewagon, and under ordinary circumstances, is such as shown in Fig. 2,also in Figs. 3 and 4.

It will be seen in Fig. 4 that the head I of the slide is down againstthe end or shoulder of the block E, with the lower side of the headresting upon the spring. It will be obvious that in this condition ofthe slide it cannot be movedforward, as the blockE checks it 5 hence thetongue will remain secure in its attachment with the hounds, as shown inFigs.1 and 2, a plan view of which is shown in Fig, 3, representing adetached view of the tongue, showing the slide, 850.

In order to detach the tongue from the hounds, the lever F must belifted up from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that indicated by c inFig. 5. This lifting of the lever depresses the spring D and the block Ebelow the head I by pushing upward upon said head, but which, however,cannot rise up, for the reason that the upper part of the head isdirectly under the plate K; hence the spring must bend downward, theedge of the head serving as a fulcrum for the lever. When the spring isso far depressed as to bring the block E below the head the slide can bedrawn forward either by hand or by the team, should theybe hitched tothe wagon. This drawing forward of 'the slide withdraws the arms fromthe houndsinto the head H, thereby allowing the tongue to becomedetached from the wagon, which, in the event the team is running away,leaves the vehicle and the occupants behind in safety.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. In combination with the slide, consisting of the stem G and head H,the head I and arms d e, substantially in the manner as described, andfor the purpose specified.

2.-The spring D, block E, and bifurcated lever F, in combination withthe head I and slide, consisting of the stem G and head H, provided witharms cl 6, in the manner substantially as described, and for the purposeset forth.

3. The spring D, block E, bifurcated lever F, and slide consisting ofthe stem G and head H, arms d 0, head I, and standard 0, arranged tooperate substantially as described, in combination with the tongue 0 andhounds of a wagon or other vehicle, as set forth, and for the purposespecified.

FRIEDRICH J. LEIDORF. I

W'itnesses:

R. SNYDER, JAMES FITCH.

